6mA DC D- achieved with filament ion source

D-Pace’s UBC PhD Student Stéphane Melanson has further developed and tested D-Pace’s TRIUMF licensed filament based volume-cusp ion source at the Auckland, New Zealand, Ion Source Test Facility, and has now achieved 6 mA DC D- (negative deuterium). This is record D- production for this Ion Source. The nominal output for this device is 5mA of D-. D-Pace has also achieved 18 mA DC H- using the same Ion Source.

D- Ion Sources are used for production of both SPECT (Single Photon Emission Tomography) and PET (Positron Emission Tomography) isotopes and are important for radioisotope producing cyclotrons.

This Ion Source is sold as a class 5mA D- filament Ion Source. It is available as a turnkey system or as hardware only. See product page here.

In 2014 Buckley Systems invested in D-Pace (50% ownership), and as a consequence D-Pace now had the resources to develop and commercialize approximately a dozen new products for the particle accelerator market. This was a win-win for several reasons in that D-Pace launched a number of new and useful products to the industry, Buckley Systems generated additional products to manufacture, and the collaboration was providing excellent technical cross-pollination.